Tailoring the performance of graphene-based supercapacitors using topological defects: A theoretical assessment

Carbon

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 734-741

  Pak, Alexander J ^a   Paek, Eunsu ^a   Hwang, Gyeong S ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DI-INTERSTITIALS; ELECTRIC DOUBLE LAYER CAPACITOR; GRAPHENE ELECTRODES; LOW APPLIED VOLTAGES; NEGATIVE ELECTRODE; NEUTRALITY POINT; QUANTUM CAPACITANCE; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE ELECTRODES; QUANTUM THEORY; TOPOLOGY; DEFECTS; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS;

DEFECTS; GRAPHENE;

EID: 84891556347     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.11.057     Document Type: Article

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